Spring Cleaning - Refreshing the Shutters

Now that Spring is finally here, I'm getting motivated to fix up a few things around the house. This happens every Spring, and every year, we manage to let things slip by. For about a month, Hubs and I have been trying to decide what color to paint the shutters and front door. And the shutters are vinyl, so do we paint or just purchase new ones? They look awful and we have to do something. ugh! Well, who knows, because we can't come to a decision about the color. We just can't agree. What I REALLY want, he doesn't want at all. That's typically the way it goes, right? That's fine!

When we moved into this house several years ago, the shutters were already starting to fade, and it's just been worse and worse over the years. And since we can't come to a decision on color, I quit putting thought into it. Until this week, when I walked past the bucket of car wash supplies.

Ding Ding Ding!!

These are vinyl shutters! Surely this would work right?

Less than 10 minutes later and all of the shutters are finished...and they look great! I mean, they look brand new! Maybe this is knowledge that everyone has....but I clearly had no idea that this could be an option. I'm attaching a photo of a couple of windows with one completed and the others in there old sad state of fading. Whoa what a difference! I left that one done for a couple of days. I knew rain was coming and wanted to see what would happen. Rain came and rain went, and the shutter remained the same. Now...will I have to redo these soon? I have no idea, but for now, I could not be any happier! And even if I need to redo them soon...what's 10 minutes, vs painting or even worse purchasing new shutters?

A fresh coat of paint on the front and back doors and I'm calling it done!